MexicanDragon

Mike, that's hot. **BRENT**

Nice, Nate! Let us know how the ride today is! Talk to the shop about setting up the suspension while you're there, too. @DP, reading material http://www.bicycling.com/mountainbikecom/bikes-gear/reviewed-275-mountain-bikes-all-trails **BRENT**

Nice Nate! Deepak, <SMH> **BRENT**

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VA has same day registration, no? **BRENT**

Crap, time to go bike shopping!!! **BRENT**

I don't believe you **BRENT**

You beat me to posting Rad? How do you know of such things? **BRENT**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i87GJE_lP4 Rad. The entire movie. The best movie of all time, perhaps. You're welcome. **BRENT**

He's not poor, he can afford 100$ for earphones!!! Also, he's a comp sci major who can't use google or forum searches... **BRENT**

OK, that has the Flobots. That's awesome! Xavier used to sing "No Handlebars" (just those lyrics) back when it came out. He was 2.5-3 at that time, so it as UBER cute! **BRENT**

So there's no getting the old thread back? **BRENT**

OP is in chat. DQ and I are having a nice chat with him. First thing he did in chat was ask for a MOD since he can't figure out why he can't post, even in HIS OWN THREAD! I know, right? Dan, deepak, n8, dinni, V, would someome please help this kid out? Oh, just heard he posted this same thing to 5 other forums. **BRENT**

Crap, that's awesome! Congrat to you and the missus. (Although at first I thought it said 'I got a bonus and promotion at work for being an awesome kickass girl", and that amused me). I played a concert with my community concert band tonight. We opened for the Chattanooga School of Arts and Sciences, one of the leading magnet schools in the area. They have a rather decent band, especially for early in the year. We played 5 pieces then listened to them play six. The closed with a piece we played a couple years ago I found out that the gig we're playing tomorrow night is a place called "Track 29" at the Chattanooga Choo Choo. Yes, the place from the song exists, and I live near it. Jack White actually kicked off his latest tour here. It's a newish venue that's attracting some decent regional and light national stuff. It's pretty big for our area, which hasn't been able to draw acts in a long long time. It was started by a kid I used to game with about 10 years ago. Pretty cool. **BRENT**

Justin, you could have put an invisible shield on the back before you stuck it on, then it wouldn't have left a a residue/discolored, if it's not too late. **BRENT**

Crap, the phone is 300-350 from Google. 200 plus 20 monthly payments of 15$. My math was wrong last night. total of 500$ instead of 300 or 350. For an extra 100 just buy it outright. If 500 minutes is good enough look at the value olan.

Crap, check out the t-mo Value Plans. Look at the 2GB and the Unlimited (on phone) 4G Nationwide data plans. 50$ for 500 min/unl text/2GB data, 60$ for unl talk and text/2GB data. 10$/mo more for unlimited data. http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx For frequent travelers/people who like to repeat things, it's a PITA to not have extra storage. My 16GB Note 2 only had about 11-12 gigs available out of the box. I couldn't imagine doing an 8GB phone these days. The Optimus G may have similar internals, but I'm seeing the build quality isn't close. I would be VERY tempted in the 16GB version, but my last phone was an LG, with stock Android, and it has just been a PITA. It was the first Tegra 2 phone, and there were some growing pains, sure, but it was just super painful. I don't know if I'm willing to give LG a shot again so soon. (I'm coming back to Samsung after saying "NEVER AGAIN!" about 3 years ago, largely because of Al.) As far as the cloud goes I <3 the cloud, but there are places I don't get signal, places I only get EDGE or GASP! GPRS! Sadly, I've found too many of those places when traveling a little outside my home network. I have 58GB of Dropbox and I think 13,000 songs uploaded to Google Music, along with a bit on Amazon as well. I really do like "The Cloud", but 8GB on a phone this high end? Even at this price -- which really is fantastic -- just isn't going to cut it for most of "us." Crap, the 8GB and a small plan will probably be fine for her. Oh, whatever you do, do NOT buy the Nex4 through TMO. Bastards are charging 199$ + 15$/mo for 20 months. It's looking like it's the 16GB version, but still. Well, now that I think about it, they're financing 200$ for a 50$ fee for a little under 2 years. It's not horrible, but you'd be in a contract. Extra 100$ up front = no contract + 8GB, extra 150$ for the 16GB. For that little cash, I wouldn't want the contract and financing of it. For 300-400$, though... it takes the sting out. **BRENT**

Best fucking kid's halloween costume I've ever seen. Can we embed wimp.com stuff? The name of it if the link is parsed is "Wheelchair Costume." http://www.wimp.com/wheelchaircostume/ **BRENT**

Glad I could help. Tnkgrl at Engadget loves the N4. engadget.com/2012/10/29/google-nexus-4-hands-on/ No microSD. Make sure you get the 16 gig one! **BRENT**

Dammit! If I coulda just won! **BRENT**

Yeah, you'd want a "PAYG" think over there. It has a TON of frequencies, so I think you'll be covered most anywhere you go. Unlimited HSPA+ for 25USD is fantastic. **BRENT**

Dusty, you should be able to save albums in "Offline Mode" over wifi at home/work/coffee shop/Colin's apartment. I think it will also integrate with music on-device from other sources, no? I believe Google Music and Amazon MP3 already do that. There are ways with each of those to show only "on device" music. **BRENT**

Oh, if you're thinking about a Galaxy Note 2, check out this review. I posted it on FB so some of you saw it, but: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-57540240-85/screens-test-part-2-galaxy-note-2-vs-apple-iphone-5/ Screen test of GN2 vs iP5. Stock, iP5 blows it out of the water, for accuracy. They found that with a certain setting, it comes damn close to iP5, and beats it in some respects. It looks like T-Mobile will have the Nexus 7 data plans, and it mentions it along with the phones having an unlimited option. Looking around, looks like you can get "just a SIM card" and then 55$ gets you true unlimited, contract free. http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx Technically that's a phone plan, but I THINK it may work in a tablet? 45$ for 2GB before throttle, so I'd just do the unlimited and set it up to watch Netflix all day. You should be able to just grab a SIM somewhere over then pond and pop that in, from my understanding. It's looking like it's unlocked straight from Google. **BRENT**

You're lucky. Google doesn't like LTE or Verizon. (Well, CDMA). The Note II comes out soon on VZW. Go for it. I think you'd get by just fine with maybe 2-4 gigs of data. You can snag a 32GB microSD card and throw some music on it to supplement Spotify. Would you have to give up unlimited data if you bought a phone outright? **BRENT**